With Black Friday approaching, what are your plans? What are the killer deals you are gonna stand in line for?
Naturally, I'll be working (and no, I can't divulge or comment on any info you may have about Best Buy's specials), but what are the deals that are driving YOU out next Friday?
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The grocery store is going to be having a sale on milk.
I've already finished my Christmas shopping online, and there's nothing I particularly want or need at the moment. I may try to get a Black Friday deal on a laptop in 2011, but more likely I'll just buy one online.
I'll do online deals on Black Friday. Don't plan to go to any stores.
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This may just be wishful thinking, as Apple's past Black Friday sales have been in the 10% range. But my MBP is 3 years old and my wife's Cube is horribly outdated, so I'm looking at the budget and waiting for the official announcement.According to smartphone rumor site Boy Genius Report, ...Apple will be offering up to 30% off on all iPods, with the exception of the iPhone and iPod Shuffle. All Macs will be up to 25% off, and all accessories will be up to 15% off.
According to Boy Genius Report, the deals will only be good for November 27th
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i will sleep until Saturday
Bah humbug!
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Check Best Buy's current weekly ad - $100-$200 off instantly (no mail in rebates) on Mac Book Pros (amount depending on the MBP you buy).This may just be wishful thinking, as Apple's past Black Friday sales have been in the 10% range. But my MBP is 3 years old and my wife's Cube is horribly outdated, so I'm looking at the budget and waiting for the official announcement.
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It's amazing how cheap flat screen TVs have gotten. Some of the Black Friday ads are offering a 42" Panasonic 1080p set for $650.
"Our scientific power has out run out spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself." - Joseph Pulitzer
Wal-Mart was offering a 42" Sharp for $500. Not sure if that's continuing.
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There is a no name brand (I believe it was called Insignia) 42" 1080p 120 hz LCD tv being sold at Best Buy for $699.99.
The Panasonic 42" being sold only has a 60hz refresh rate but it does sell for $50 less. I like Samsung as they usually have the latest technology and the best picture color but their TVs seem to cost 40%-50% more then models from other makers.
"Our scientific power has out run out spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself." - Joseph Pulitzer
Amazon currently has the Fujifilm FinePix J28 10MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom, 2GB SD Memory Card and Compact Case all for $80 shipped.
"Our scientific power has out run out spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself." - Joseph Pulitzer
I'm going to fly down to Muswellbrook and strike all the big red words from my little black book.
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Insignia is the Best Buy house brand.Originally Posted by Oerdin
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I have no experience with this camera (and would never buy one without a hands-on experience), but on a "specs per dollar" basis, that's a pretty strong buy. I can only assume it's discontinued or contains some hideous design flaw.
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I thought we gave the blacks February, do they really need Fridays too?
Just don't get duped - buyer beware on Black Friday. Lower price could mean you're just buying ****.
Buyers on Black Friday, BewareBlack Friday buyers beware: if it sounds too good to be true…
Posted in News on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 4:33 pm by Courier Times health reporter Jo Ciavaglia
Of the hordes of pre-dawn shoppers who line up for hours outside stores on the day after Thanksgiving, most will not bag the best bargains that appear in merchants’ circulars.
Look at the fine print that appears next to an advertised “doorbuster deal” at the bottom of the page in this year’s circulars.
It will either say “While supplies last,” “Minimum 2 per store,” “No rainchecks” or “All items are available in limited quantities.”
A quick scan through a few of this year’s Black Friday circulars show quantities as low as a “minimum of 5 per store” on some models of large plasma and HDTVs and popular brands of home appliances such as a washer-dryer pair.
Craig Johnson, retailing expert and president of retail consulting group Customer Growth Partnerssaid it’s not enough for retailers to mention that they’ll have such limited quantities of a product on one of the most-hyped shopping days of the year.
Unfortunately for consumers, more less-than-honest examples abound.
Limited quantities. Advertising a Black Friday deal as “limited quantities” is bogus, said Johnson.
“The only time it makes sense to have only two or three [items] in stock is if the deal is on a $2 million gift product that appears in the Neiman Marcus holiday catalog,” he said.
A derivative of what?
Some of the holiday electronics with those low sale prices are derivatives, models that have a few less features than a standard model in that product line. The difference can be subtle. Most consumers probably won’t even notice the difference.”
A report earlier this month in Consumer Reports called attention to HDTV models from Samsung and Sony advertised in Black Friday deals that appear to be “derivatives,” said Edgar Dworsky, a consumer advocate and editor of Consumer World.
The report said these one-off TVs “with unfamiliar model numbers” are usually cheaper than the standard model in their class.
Retailers usually don’t advertise these models as derivatives. There’s no way the average consumer will know that the TV model they are buying is not the standard one unless they are savvy enough to compare their model numbers.
Which Black Friday deals are online? “Many retailers will say that their Black Friday deals are available online,” said Dworsky. “But they’re not nice enough to tell you which ones.”
”Since retailers don’t have a live inventory online you run the risk of getting an e-mail weeks later that your order had been delayed or worse, cancelled, because the product is out of stock,” he said.
About those rainchecks. Finally, if a retailer does offer you a raincheck on a deal, it could still turn out to be an empty promise, warned Burt Flickinger, managing director of consulting firm Strategic Resource Group. A raincheck doesn’t guarantee that you will eventually get that elusive Black Friday deal.
I am angry because someone in line in front of me at Subway ordered a sandwich that I do not like, even though it has no effect on me. This how arguments against equal marriage rights sound.
I didn't know that, thanks.
"Our scientific power has out run out spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself." - Joseph Pulitzer
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